Nature is usually wrong.

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them.

I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink.

Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.

It is for the artist... in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.